EA_Spouse is Everyone
When I recently spoke to Nicole Wong, who broke the story that EA_Spouse = Erin Hoffman, she asked me if it mattered who EA_Spouse was and what impact her outing would have. Coincidentally, I had just watched V for Vendetta...
I responded that it really didn't matter who EA_Spouse is, as EA_Spouse is more of an idea, or symbol. That EA_Spouse is no one and everyone at the same time. That the importance of EA_Spouse was in the message not the messenger.
I've known Erin for a while now, even before she took on the now famous EA_Spouse persona. And, I knew it was her shortly after the fanfare of the initial blog post, etc. I'm happy for Erin as I am guessing she's feeling a certain sense of liberation in letting go of the persona.
(In the movie, however, the indentity of V was never revealed. Of course, when chatting with Nicole I didn't really go into the whole "overthrowing of an opressive regime" story arch of the movie ;)
Posted on April 27, 2006 03:09 PM